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littlewolf

(3,813 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 07:24 PM Sep 2012

WTH Douglas Co schools go with anti union measures

http://www.9news.com/news/local/article/287552/346/Anti-union-policies-pave-new-future-for-DougCo-Schools


CASTLE ROCK - Now that the school board voted to officially sever ties with the teachers union, what happens now? What does this move mean for schools and for the union?
"We felt it was important for local control purposes to make a clear statement," said John Carson, president of the Douglas County School Board.

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The school board passed resolutions making it board policy to sever ties with the Douglas County Federation of Teachers and Classified Employees. The district will no longer engage in collective bargaining with the union. It will no longer collect union dues from employee paychecks and pay union officials with taxpayer dollars.
"Most importantly, we want to bring closure to this issue at this time," Carson said. "It's time for the district to move on. It's time for us to move on for our teachers and for our kids and continue with the education reforms that we are pursuing."

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Brenda Smith is the president of the Douglas County Federation of Teachers and Classified Employees. She says the union will survive.
"We continue to represent our teachers who are in the classroom, the experts that are teaching our kids that directly impact kids every day," Smith said. "We'll continue to operate and function as we've always done in the past and continue to represent our employees."

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"Those reforms, there's going to be resistance," Carson said. "But, we want to move ahead and we're willing to work with people that want to work with us constructively on advancing those reforms."

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WTH Douglas Co schools go with anti union measures (Original Post) littlewolf Sep 2012 OP
Absolutely unbelievable what is going on here Esse Quam Videri Sep 2012 #1
keep us updated. this west coast teacher is rooting for you guys DonRedwood Sep 2012 #3
FYI - Douglas County is in Colorado xxqqqzme Sep 2012 #2
race to the top continues nt msongs Sep 2012 #4

Esse Quam Videri

(685 posts)
1. Absolutely unbelievable what is going on here
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 07:29 PM
Sep 2012

The teabagger school board and superintendent are doing everything in their power to assure our former exceptional school system fails. Teachers (including my wife) are leaving in droves. Douglas County is a very red county but this latest maneuver by the school board is opening a lot of eyes of those on the right - especially those who have children in the schools.

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